hey,you gotta see lashoff in the skills competition on the break away
drill.....never seen that move before,wow!

Rumblings out of Columbus have Zherdev in the move. They are weak up
the middle and could use a centerman. Zherdev is a scorer, something
the Bruins could use. The Bruins would have to offer up some
additional picks or prospects to make the deal. Zherdev scored 27
goals last year in his 2nd NHL season.

The downside is that he seems to take shifts off and doesn't listen to
the coach.

Cmon Chia, pull this one off!!!!!!

With victory last night, Baby B's have won 9 of 10 with the only loss
coming in a
shootout. David Krejci was AHL player of the week last week and Petr
Kalus has
been red hot since his return from injury. Kris Versteeg is now 15th
in the league
in scoring. All these guys are first year pros.

Question: Should they be allowed to develope in AHL, or should they be
poisoned
by the Boston experience this year?

In today's Herald, a great section from Flynn's column:

"Not much else went right for Boston. Coach Dave Lewis' newly created
"energy line" of Wayne Primeau, Jeff Hoggan and Shean Donovan was
anything but energetic. With the club desperate for any kind of...

I thought this year would be an exciting, yet frustrating season of a bunch
of rambunctious and talented kids still learning the game, making mistakes
and showing promise for the future; similar (but not as talented) to the
Oilers back in '80 or so. It would be a team of speed and character and the
strategy would be adjusted to take advantage of the "new" NHL. They would
not be a contender yet, but they certainly wouldn't be boring.

Or at least that's what I was lead to believe.

Instead, we have the opposite in almost every way. Lewis made sure to get
rid of the young guys in training camp and sent them to Providence, save for
Kessel, a PR commodity whom he could always hide on the bench with the big
club. Then he instituted a lifeless, take no chances at all strategy that is
one of the most boring I've ever seen and does not even work. At least Pat
Burns got results. The lineup became filled with free agents and vets who
have spent their whole careers barely clinging to the NHL. This recipe was
supposed to get us to the playoffs and likely another 1st round exit. So
much for rebuilding. Nothing has changed. The bright young guys are pushed
aside or hidden away while the Mowers, Primeaus, Donovans, Yorks, Dempseys
et al are placed front and center.